Suu Kyi considers return to politics

Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says her party will meet later this week to consider re-registering so that it can re-enter politics.

Ms Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy boycotted last year's election.

But now, a year after the poll and Ms Suu Kyi's release from house arrest, the party will reconsider its stance.

Amended laws mean those with criminal convictions are no longer banned, but Ms Suu Kyi has not yet confirmed whether she will consider standing at forthcoming by-elections, saying party registration must come first.

She has also offered to help broker a peace deal in deadly fighting between the government and ethnic groups.

In the latest incident, a bomb at an orphanage in Northern Kachin state killed at least 10 people.

A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the AFP news agency that another 23 people, including 15 children, were injured in the explosion.

Two other bombs exploded in the same town on Saturday but caused no casualties, according to the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper.